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Apple patents workout screen that shows heart rate alerts and graphs

Apple has patented a user interface for tracking physical activities that displays a scrollable list of options for workouts and heart rate data. When a user's heart rate matches a specific alert pattern, the screen shows a notification that can be tapped to view more details. The system can also send this heart rate data to another device to display a graph of the activity over time.

Why it mattersThis filing details how Apple might handle heart rate warnings during exercise, allowing users to quickly view data or share it with other devices.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure generally relates to managing user interfaces associated with physical activities. The user interface displays a scrollable list of affordances associated with physical activities. The affordances may contain physical activity and heart rate information. A user can launch a physical activity tracking function or an interface to change a workout metric using an affordance. Users can also control the music that is played in response to selecting a workout. Further, the interface can be used to compose a reply message to a received message that contains workout information. The interfaces can show a graph that includes heart data when the user's heart rate meets a heart rate alert criteria.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; one or more input devices; a physical activity tracking sensor; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: while tracking heart rate data corresponding to data received from the physical activity tracking sensor: in accordance with a determination that a heart alert setting is enabled: determining whether the heart rate data satisfies a heart rate alert criteria, wherein the heart rate alert criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when a heart rate pattern matches a heart rate alert pattern; in accordance to determining that the heart rate data satisfies the heart rate alert criteria: displaying, via the display, a first user interface including a heart rate alert affordance; receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input corresponding to the heart rate alert affordance; in response to receiving the user input corresponding to the heart rate alert affordance: ceasing to display the first user interface; and displaying, via the display, a second user interface different from the first user interface, wherein the second user interface includes additional information associated with the heart rate data; and subsequent to receiving the user input corresponding to the heart rate alert affordance: transmitting the heart rate data to an external device; and causing display of a graph, on a display of the external device, comprising the heart rate data that satisfies the heart rate alert criteria over a period of time; and in accordance to determining that the heart rate data does not satisfy the heart rate alert criteria, forgo causing display of the heart rate alert affordance.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Displaying a scrollable list of affordances associated with physical activities
Patent number
US12761775B2
Application number
18772967
Filed
Jul 15, 2024
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
15

Classified under

G06F 3/0482 Physics & computingA61B 5/0205 Human necessitiesA61B 5/1112 Human necessitiesA61B 5/1116 Human necessitiesA61B 5/1118 Human necessitiesA61B 5/1123 Human necessities

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